Stock and box car.



C. R. HAVERLY.

$160K AND BOX CAR. APPLICATION FILED APR-21 191 5.

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Attorneys THE COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH C0., WASH NGTCN D c C. R. HAVERLY.

STOCK AND BOX CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1915.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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/ by i A H C. R. HAVERLY.

STOCK AND BOX CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2,1915.

1,169,148. Patented 33111.25, 1916.

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Witnesses lnv or Attorneys THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. f.

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CHARLES R. HAVERLY, OF SPRINGFIELD, 'MISSOURI.

s'rocK AND Box OAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

/ Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

Application filed April 2, 1915. Serial N 0. 18,814.

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. HAvnRLY, b

residing at a citizen of the United States, Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Stock and Box Car, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is ameans whereby a stock car, the sides of which are of open or slatted construction, may be converted readily into a closed or box car.

The invention aims primarily to improve the construction of the closures whereby the conversion above mentioned may be effected, and to provide novel means for operating and controlling the closures. I

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of structures of that type to which the present disclosure appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of What is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawingszFigure 1 shows in side elevation, a stock car equipped with the structure forming the subject matter of this application; Fig. 2 is a fragmental' longitudinal section of the car; Fig. 3 shows in transverse section, a car equipped with the present invention; F ig, of the car, particularly the means 4 1s a fragmental end elevation the view depicting whereby rotation is imparted to the shafts which control the closures; Fig. 5 is anelevation in which the shaft actuating mechanism of Fig. 4 the showing of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is afra'gmental transverse section, diagrammatic in nature and illustrating the construction of the tracks which receive the closures slidably; Fig. 7 isa transverse section of one of the tracks in which the closures are mounted to slide; Fig. Sis a perspective viewdelineating one of the closures and the cableswhereby the same are actuated.

In carrying out the present invention the present instance shown in the form of a the invention residesin the combina metal and strips -wood, the strips ls viewed at right angles to- I and depending stock car 1, the bottom of which is denoted y the reference character 2, the ends of the car being shown at 3. The side walls of the car 1 as is usual in structures of this type are made up of lower slats 4 and wider top strips 5. The car 1 which is of the common construction, is provided with the usual doors 6 located intermediate the ends of the car.

Extended transversely of the car 1 adjacent its ends, and preferably secured to the s1de walls and the roof of the car are arched end tracks 7. Arched intermediate tracks 8 extend across the car from side to side, and are located upon opposite sides of the doors 6. Each track 7 preferably is in the form' S are closures 12, there being, therefore, four closures in the present embodiment of the invention. Each flexible back plate ll preferably made of 15, which may be made of being secured to theback plate by means of attaching elements 16. It will now be understood that when the closures 12 are moved downwardly, theopen sides of the car will be closed, it being possible to draw the closures 12 upwardly in the tracks 7 and 8 to a point adjacent the longitudinal center of the car, thereby leaving the sides of the car open. The car, therefore, at the will of an operator, may be used either as an open sided stock car, or as a closed sided boxcar. j

As shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the upper and lower flanges l0 and 11 of the channel shaped tracks 7 and 8 are connected adjacent the longitudinal center of the car by a bearing plate 17. Supported for rotation in this bearing plate 17 and in the webs of the tracks 78 are sheaves l8.

Mounted on the car 1 adjacent its ends are hangers l9, face plates 22 being assem bled with the ends 3 of the car adjacent to the hangers, as Fig.

with Fig. 4 will, render evident.

from the frame Work of the car land located upon opposite sidesof the doorsG are intermediate hangers 20. Four actuating shafts 23 are provided, these shafts angle member closure 12 comprises ay 5 when compared Fixed to opening extending longitudinally of the car. At one end, each of the shafts 23 is journaled in The invent on comprlses flexible elements 25 of which there are preferably eight. The flexible elements 25 are looped as indicated at 26 around the sheaves 18. The lower or inner run 27 of each flexible element 25 rides along the lower guide 11 of each track and the'upper run 29 of each flexible element rides along the upper guide 10, across the top of the car. of each flexible element 25 extendsthrough an opening 30 inthe top strip 5and passes downwardly through one ofthe guide tubes 24:, the'lower end or the outer run of the flexible element being attached to one member of one of the two-partd-rums 21. The lower or inner run 27 ofeach flexible element 25 passes downwardly through an 28 in the bottom 2 of the car and is assembled with the other member of the corresponding two-part drum 21. The lower or inner" run 27 of each flexible element 25 is secured to the closure 12 adjacent one end thereof as indicated at 31 in Fig. 6. It will now be understood that by rotating the shaft 23, one end of each member of each pair of flexible elements 25 willbe wound onto the drum 21,the other end of eachlof' said flexible elements being unwound from the drum, and the flexible elements travers ing the sheaves 18. Therefore, by a rotation of one shaft 23, the corresponding closure 12 may beraised andlowe'red, the closure riding between the constituent guides or flanges 11 of the tracks 7 and 8.

Any suitable means may be provided for rotating the shafts- 23. Preferably, each shaft at or adjacent its ends is squared as shown at 32 to hold for rotation with the shaft a ratchet wheel 36. Similarly secured to the shaft 23 adjacent its end is a ratchet wheel 33. The ratchet wheel 33 is adapted to be engaged by either extremity of a double ended back stop pawl 34 pivotally supported as shown at 35 upon the face plate 22. The invention comprises a lever 37 having bifurcations 38 mounted to swing on the shaft 23 and "spanning the ratchet wheel 36. The lever may be held in place by means of a washer 39 on the shaft 23. Pivotally supported as indicated at +0 between the bifurcations 38 of the lever 37 is a pawl 4:1,.the same being double ended and being adapted to coact with the ratchet wheel 36, Through the instrumentality of the lever 37 and the The upper or outer run 29- pawl 41, the shaft 23 maybe rotated in opposite directions, either to raise or to lower the closure 12. The closure is held in its adjusted positions by engaging the back stop pawl 34 ith the ratchet wheel Extended vertically along the ends 3 of the car 1 are upright angle members 42 which form a part of the bracing structure of, the car. When the lever 37. is swung toward the center of the car, as may be done when the occasion for the use of the lever has passed, the inner end of the lever lodges behind one flange 43 of the angle member 42 and may be held in this position by means of a resilient latch l4: secured to the end 3 of the car and provided with a projection 45 overhanging the end of the lever as shown in Fig. 5.

The operation of the structure has been dealt with step-by-step hereinbefore, but,

generally considered, when theshafts 23 are operated individually by means of the levers 37, the closures 12 may be raised and lowered, in the tracks 7 and 8, it being possible to dispose the closures in elevated positions adjacent the top of the car and adj acent the longitudinal center of the car, under which circumstances, the sides of the car will be open, the structure thus being adapted for use as an ordinary stock car. However, at the will of an operator, the closures 12 may be lowered,closing in the sides of the car and converting the car into a closed or box construction, adapted for the transportation of merchandise and goods. 7 I

Owing to the provision of the closures 12, which are adapted to convert a box car into a stock car at short notice, it never becomes necessary to haul back a string of empty box cars when stock cars arerequired, or to being carried out from the ground and rendering it unnecessary for the operator to ascend the car.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A combined box and stock car having open sides; tracks extended transversely of the car and embodying inner and outer flanges; direction-changing idlers located adjacent the center of the car; flexible closures for the open sides of the car and I mounted to move between the flanges; guides on'the outer face of the car; flexib e elements securedto the closures, the flexible elements being looped around the idlers and being. x- I tended outwardly along the outer flangesand resting thereon, the flexible elements beas my own, I have hereto aflixed by sigma-o ing extended through the side walls ofthe ture in the presence of two witnesses:

car and downwardly through the guides; CHARLES R HAVERLYP' and shafts journaled on the car adjacent its 5 longitudial edges, the fiexibleelements be- Witnesses:

ing operatively connected with the shafts. E; H. SMITH,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing F. W. MAMMEN.

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